Western Port News 28th June 2023

Released pelicans recaptured for more rehab

TWO ill pelicans cared for by Rye wildlife rehabilitator Brenda Marmion were recently released and then recaptured with help from the Westernport Pelican Study Group.

The birds, which were found in a garden and on the beach at Tootgarook, were initially taken to Newhaven, Phillip Island where it was thought they would have a better chance of joining a flock.

However, they were recaptured when it was realised they were not thriving and have now been sent to Phillip Island Nature Park for further rehabilitation.

Once released, the birds will be monitored to see how they move around.

Gary Matthews from the Westernport Pelican Study Group said pelicans were better off being released with a flock.

The self-funded WPSG is a group of concerned volunteers researching pelican populations. In 2019 the group received government permission to start banding pelicans in a radius from Phillip Island to Stony Point and Mud Island in Port Phillip.

Matthews said the number of pelicans, which often fly long distances to feed, was declining, especially in Western Port, according to the few formal Victorian studies of pelicans.

Of 10 historical breeding sites recorded in Victoria, only a few remained, including Mud Island, Paynesville and Mallacoota.

Eye damage

BRENDA Marmion, who has dedicated her life to wildlife rehabilitation, is losing sight in her left eye after being pecked by one of the Tootgarook pelicans.

Marmion needs an operation and to raise the necessary money a friend has started a GoFundMe page at gofund.me/2e3fee93

Owners giving up on ‘costly’ pets

CEO Georgia Hourn said it was heartbreaking to see people forced to make the difficult decision to let go of pets.

demand to care for surrendered animals.

INCREASING numbers of pet owners on the Mornington Peninsula are giving up their animals because they can no longer afford to look after them.

Pet rescue groups say they are overflowing with unwanted and surrendered animals, while social support groups report that they are getting many requests for help to feed pets.

Rising household costs and power bills mean there is nothing left in many family budgets to feed animals. The last straw is when animals need veterinary care, or owners have to pay expensive release fees if their pet ends up in the shire’s animal pound.

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“We had a family recently who just could not afford to keep their dog, it was a child’s dog but the costs became too high,” she said.

“It caused a huge amount of stress for the family.”

Hourn said requests for help to feed pets had increased significantly since the start of the year, and the support centre was also providing more assistance with vet fees and desexing costs.

“We’ve seen a 50 per cent rise in the number of people needing food packages, but every day we also give pet food to pet owners doing it tough.”

RSPCA Victoria, which has a shelter at Pearcedale, is facing unprecedented

CEO Dr Liz Walker said the cost of living crisis was affecting people and in turn their animals, resulting in increased demand for the RSPCA’s services.

The animal welfare organisation is struggling to deal with a 340 per cent increase in calls regarding per surrenders over the past three years.

“There are a lot of factors that impact the number of animals surrendered to RSPCA Victoria’s care, from financial challenges to major changes in a person’s life, to health or behaviour issues with the animal that they are unable to manage for different reasons,” Walker said.

“Sometimes it’s a combination of

these factors. Whenever someone is facing the difficult decision of whether to surrender, we try to explore the reason and see if there may be a solution they haven’t considered that could keep that pet in their home.”

Mornington pet owner Rosy Fischer, who once ran a subsidised desexing program to support responsible pet ownership, said rises in pet registration costs and council pound release fees were “punitive” and would exacerbate the problem of owners surrendering pets.

“There needs to be compassion from the shire. As a pet owner I know that no matter how hard you try, sometime a pet will escape or be let out, but the cost to get an animal back is prohibitive for some,” she said.

“I spent $500 installing an outside cat run but my cat still got out and I felt I was being punished.”

Mornington Peninsula Shire recently increased its release fees by around 200 per cent, with the cost now about $200. On top of that is a daily “accommodation” fee and a $370 fine. There are also state government annual pet registrations of up to $225 (for undesexed dogs), and shireimposed fines of $363 for non-compliance.

According to the government’s MoneySmart website, a cat or dog will typically cost between $3000 to $6000 in the first year of ownership, and in a typical year, dog owners can expect to pay around $1627 and cat owners around $962.

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Fears that kangaroo kill will be increased

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

THE state government’s plan to continue its Kangaroo “harvesting” program and potentially increase the cull rate on the Mornington Peninsula has angered wildlife advocates who say the peninsula’s native marsupials should be protected.

Victorian harvesting quotas are based around population figures of seven zones, with controversial aerial surveys last year estimating that kangaroo numbers in the Gippsland zone, which includes the peninsula, Wellington Shire and South Gippsland, had increased since 2018 to 17700, and across Victoria to 2,418,000.

The Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Change recently announced the culling program –which put the kill quota of eastern grey kangaroos this year at 13,600 in Gippsland and 215,00 across the state - will be replaced when it expires at the end of the year.

The government is calling on Victorians to have their say by providing feedback on the plan.

But peninsula wildlife advocates and Wildlife Victoria have condemned the culling and are calling for the “immediate” cessation of the harvesting

program.

Lisa Palma, CEO of Wildlife Victoria, one of the state’s largest animal welfare organisations, said DEECA’s own internal report deemed the program ineffective and costly to Victorian taxpayers, and highlighted the sustainability risk associated with incentivising animal “control”.

Jo Hansen, from Save Our Kangaroos of the Mornington Peninsula, said the group had put in a submission requesting that Mornington Peninsula Shire be removed from the program.

She said the peninsula’s eastern grey kangaroos had been an isolated population for more than 40 years, and the harvesting programs to date had violated the department’s own guidelines of killing less than 10 per cent of an area’s population using both harvesting and the Authority to Control Wildlife system.

“Local experts believe that there are 2500 to 3000 of these kangaroos remaining on the peninsula, confirmed by a citizen science count conducted in 2021,” Hansen said.

“DEECA and the Conservation Regulator issued lethal control permits for more than 300 eastern grey kangaroos in both 2020 and 2021. These authorisations already exceed the 10 per cent of a population to be murdered before KHP tags are issued

to property holders on the Mornington Peninsula.

“If the destruction of eastern grey kangaroos on the peninsula is already exceeding 10 per cent of the population by ATCW permits before issuing Kangaroo Harvest Program tags, you have to wonder how often this is happening throughout Victoria?

“Also, given that the 500-plus kangaroos represent as high as 20 per cent of our Mornington Peninsula population, this all makes it important that the trapped kangaroos at Cape Schanck are safely released.”

Hundreds of kangaroos have been trapped on a private property at Cape Schanck for around 18 months, with DEECA refusing to allow wildlife experts and vets to herd them out due to “welfare” concerns.

The situation has still not been resolved and is at a stalemate, despite Mornington Peninsula Shire Council installing one-way gates last year.

Hansen said the state government’s approach to protecting wildlife while killing kangaroos was hypocritical and unsustainable.

Information on kangaroo’s more broadly, including population surveys is also available at wildlife.vic.gov.au/ our-wildlife/kangaroos

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Friends’ petition aims to stop hydrogen project

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A PETITION has been launched to stop brown coal from the Latrobe Valley being used to make hydrogen gas and being shipped to Japan after being liquefied at Hastings.

Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s No More Gas campaigner Freja Leonard last week said the proposed hydrogen energy supply chain (HESC) project “will drag Victoria further from realising our emission reduction targets of net zero by 2045 and drag the climate further into the danger zone”.

Bobcat missing from work site

THE hunt is on for thieves who stole a bobcat from a house construction site in Point Leo Road, Point Leo, two weeks ago.

The Case 85xt skidsteer loader, tools, a small bar fridge and a Milwaukee radio were believed to have been taken between 6pm on Thursday 15 June and 7am the following day.

It is believed a person driving a 2015 gun-metal grey Mercedes Benz GL wagon and pulling a trailer allegedly stolen from a Bittern car trailer

hire company around the same time may have information. It is also believed the same trailer was later found dumped in a paddock in Hastings. There have been sightings of the 3.6 tonne loader being transported in the Somerville and Hastings areas, with one motorist photographing it on Bittern-Dromana Road after thinking it might be suspicious.

Anyone with information or dash cam footage should contact CrimeStoppers on 1300 333 000.

“Amid a climate crisis, this new coal project would extend the life of Australia’s dirtiest fossil fuel and, according to analysis by The Australia Institute, create between 2.9 to 3.8 million tonnes of CO2 a year, the equivalent of adding more than 700,000 petrol cars to the road.”

Equipment failure was blamed for a fire aboard a liquefied gas tanker while docked at Hastings in January 2022.

The flames did not lead to an explosion or fire, but the event is identified as being a serious incident, in a report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) more than one year later (“Equipment blamed for fire on hydrogen ship” The News 20/2/23).

Julia Stockigt, of Save Westernport,

in February said the group had “always been concerned about the hydrogen liquification plant” at Hastings.

“Since [then] Planning Minister Richard Wynne called the project ‘an essential project for Victoria’ in 2019, it has enabled the facility to avoid the scrutiny of an environment effects statement to assess its safety and other impacts,” Stockigt said (“Fire aboard hydrogen ship” The News 4/4/22).

Leonard said the fire aboard the Suiso Frontier had given Hastings residents “a small taste of the risk associated with hydrogen export”.

“Hydrogen is the finest gas so it’s the hardest to contain and is notoriously volatile,” she said. “It embrittles steel and is highly flammable. I am sure that the residents of Hastings don’t want another potential Hindenburg disaster on their doorstep.”

Leonard said the project by international fossil energy companies including Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Royal Dutch Shell and AGL was an “affront” to Australia’s climate commitments and community safety.

The brown coal-to-hydrogen project’s commercial partners have also received backing by the federal and state governments, who each provided $50 million towards the $500m pilot, as well as the Japanese government (“Hydrogen set to go from Hastings”

The News 30/3/21).

“If hydrogen is to have any place in our energy future it must be produced using clean energy,” Leonard said.

“The companies involved can spin this as clean hydrogen all they want, but the reality is if it’s using coal this is just another dirty fossil fuel project that the climate can’t afford.”

Leonard said carbon capture and storage (CCS) — the proposed method of storing CO2 produced in the coal-to-hydrogen project — “is an excuse for fossil fuel industries to keep polluting”.

“Chevron’s Gorgon project in WA has never met its target of 80 per cent lock down of carbon from gas projects. Even the global exemplars, two CCS projects in Norway, have bled carbon out of their storage basins. So, to say that CCS is going to make a brown hydrogen project carbon neutral in Victoria is literally a pipe dream.

“The companies involved can spin this as clean hydrogen all they want, but the reality is if it’s using coal this is just another dirty fossil fuel project that the climate can’t afford.”

The Friends of the Earth petition coincides with The Victorian Greens Energy and Resources Transition Amendment (Transition Away from Coal) Bill 2023 which is currently before the Legislative Assembly.

The petition is on the Parliament of Victoria website at bit.ly/No2HESC

A MOTORIST photographed the allegedly stolen bobcat last week.

Filling nursing gaps

MORNINGTON Rotary Club and The Bays Hospital have launched a fund to pay for specialised training for nurses.

The Rotary club has made an initial $25,000 donation to The Bays Nursing and Midwifery Education Fund and is urging members of the community to also contribute and support their local hospital.

“We are thrilled to have had the support of Mornington Rotary Club over many years, and have worked with them over the last year to identify the most worthy project for them to support into the future. Nurse education is certainly that,” The Bays CEO Jade Phelan said.

Incoming president of Rotary Pam Hall said money raised from the club’s annual Mornington Art Show had “enabled us to do this and we thank all the sponsors, artists, and visitors that make it such a success”.

Kellie Bamberry, director of nursing at The Bays, said the money could be used to rectify the shortage of stomal therapy nurses on the peninsula … “the training required for this costs around $12,000, so this will be a great boost”.

“A stoma is a small opening in the abdomen that is used to remove body waste into a collection colostomy or ileostomy bag, which can be required after treatment for bowel cancer. Stomal therapy nurses provide specialist and individual care to patients living with colostomies and ileostomies,” she said.

Bamberry said the hospital’s next project would be training nurses to care for patients living with lymphoedema.

“Access to lymphoedema specialist nurses is challenging on the peninsula, so having this service available at The Bays would be of great benefit to peninsula residents and hospital patients.”

The first scholarship through the fund was awarded to registered nurse Justine Killen who is completing the post graduate stomal therapy course.

To donate to the nurse education fund email fundraising@thebays.com.au or call 5970 5329.

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Voice forum for all

THE Southern Women’s Action Network (SWAN) is holding a public forum to counter “misinformation” about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum.

What is the VOICE referendum? - A Community discussion will be held from 7pm on Thursday 20 July at Mount Eliza Community Hall.

Guest speaker will be lawyer, writer and commentator Teela Reid, a Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman.

“We hope people will come along to this public forum and hear the facts then make up their own minds about this important referendum,” SWAN Facilitator Erica Churchill said.

She said Reid would focus on “properly informing people, irrespective of whether they are considering voting Yes or No, so they can make an informed decision”.

“Many people may have seen Teela Reid on national TV, so this is a special chance to meet her and ask her questions about the First Nations Voice to Parliament in a safe and respectful environment,” Reid said.

The public forum is a free event, but bookings are essential at trybooking.com/CIWVF or visit the SWAN website for more details.

MP offers Voice lessons

MP for Dunkley Peta Murphy is urging anyone who wants clarification on the upcoming referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament to attend her community meetings in Mount Eliza.

Federal parliament passed the Constitution Alteration Bill on Monday 19 June, meaning the referendum question and proposed amendment to the Constitution are now set. The passage of the Bill means the referendum can be held by the end of the year.

But Murphy said there was still some confusion about what the Voice means, with many people not aware of the details of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a 2017 petition by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders to change the constitution of Australia to improve the representation of Indigenous Australians.

She will hold community meetings in her Dunkley electorate to explain the scope of the referendum and what the changes to the constitution mean.

“People want to know what the Voice can and can’t do, there is a lot of interest, and it’s a combination of people who have an idea on how they will vote and people who genuinely want to learn more,” she said.

Murphy said that because the Bill had only just passed, the government’s information campaign was not yet in full swing.

“I’m not getting into politics at these community meetings, they are purely to help people understand. So far there have been a lot of questions about what it all means, and clearly there have been people who are sceptical, but they have always been respectful,” she said.

“People have been grateful just to get information they can trust, rather than what they see on social media.”

There will be a community meeting at Mount Eliza Community Hall this Thursday (29 June) from 5.30pm to 6.30pm where Murphy will discuss a range of community issues, including the Voice, and a Voice-specific meeting at Mount Eliza Secondary College at 7pm at Mount Eliza Secondary College.

Heritage properties reviewed for overlay

THE results are in for one of the largest reviews of heritage places in the Western Port and the hinterland region in nearly 25 years, with comment open until 28 July.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council recently commissioned a heritage review of Watson, Cerberus and Red Hill wards to identify places of heritage significance that should be protected under the heritage overlay of the peninsula’s planning scheme.

The overlay is designed to ensure heritage places are conserved and enhanced and that new development does not adversely impact their significance.

The review was undertaken by experts and identifies places recommended for heritage protection and specifies what, how and why a place is significant and the planning controls that should be applied to protect it.

Alongside the review of Western Port and hinterland regions, the council also commissioned a series of additional site-specific heritage assessments for other properties across the shire.

The council will be contacting all affected property owners directly to inform them of the consultants’ recommendations.

Between 10 and 13 July property owners can meet with heritage consultants and shire officers to find out about the heritage study and its recommendations and what it might mean to them.

To view the reports and book an appointment visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/heritagereview

Council will then decide whether to start the process of amending the planning scheme to apply the heritage overlay to places of heritage significance as recommended by the review.

The mayor Cr Steve Holland said if a person’s property had been recommended to be included in a heritage overlay, they could find out more by attending the face-to-face consultation sessions.

“We’re here to work with our community to achieve the best outcome for everyone,” he said.

Community Bank Hastings and District celebrates 25th anniversary of community banking model

BENDIGO Bank’s unique Community Bank model is celebrating 25 years of community owned and operated banking in Australia.

The internationally acclaimed model has grown from a concept designed to empower communities at risk of losing face-to-face banking services to a network of more than 300 branches nationally with $20 billion in loans and $31.3 billion in deposits.

Founded in 1998 with branches in Rupanyup and Minyip, the secret to its success can be traced back to the profit-with-a-purpose model which sees most of the profits generated by each independently owned and operated Community Banks directed back into the community.

Community Bank Hastings and District Chair Vic Rodwell thanked the bank’s customers for their support, it’s team members for delivering quality service, local shareholders for backing their community and all the passionate locally based directors for their hard work and dedication.

“We would like to congratulate Bendigo Bank and Community Bank Rupanyup and Minyip on their 25th anniversary. The important steps they took made it possible for communities like ours and many others to take charge of our future.”

“In Hastings, we were delighted to open our own Community bank in

Celebrating success: Community Bank Hastings and District Chair Vic Rodwell.

2008, building on the success of these early pioneer communities. Community bank Hastings and District has returned in excess of $700,000 in sponsorships and grants to the community. These donations have supported initiatives such as Scouts, environmental causes, sports, arts and Community Houses”.

Collectively, the Community Bank model is on track to return a total of $300 million in profits in its 25th

anniversary year. Community Bank funding often attracts co-investors such as local, state or federal governments creating a multiplier effect on the capital raised which has enabled projects totalling over an estimated $1 billion.

Michelle Clark was among the Community Bank model’s very first customers, visiting the Minyip Branch with her daughter Emma and opening an account on 26 June 1998.

Emma opened a savings account with $10 and her savings would fund the deposit on her first home 20 years later.

“Small communities like ours are loyal, we want to support our town and we do that by banking with Bendigo. To this day I still bank with Bendigo Bank. My granddaughter is just four months old and one day we will open her first account at the Rupanyup/Minyip branch, just like her mother did.”

Bendigo Bank CEO and Managing Director Marnie Baker said the strength of the shared value model proved that Australians will support a genuine alternative to the banking oligopoly if you provided quality products and excellent, award winning service backed by a trusted financial institution.

“Bendigo Bank’s vision is to be Australia’s bank of choice and our purpose is to feed into the prosperity of our customers and their communities. The Community Bank model is aligned with both our vision and our purpose, and we are immensely proud of its success.”

“I want to acknowledge the Board of Rupanyup/Minyip and the local community for their hard work and the important role they played in piloting this unique model, showing communities nationwide what can be achieved when we work together

towards shared goals.”

Community Bank National Council Chair Sarah Franklyn said the milestone was a ringing endorsement of the profit-with-purpose, social enterprise model. Ms Franklyn thanked the Community Enterprises that operate the branches, as they continue working together to ensure the model’s future success.

“The internationally recognised Community Bank model has been embraced by more than 300 communities across Australia, where branches support economic growth and their grants and sponsorships underpin and strengthen the social fabric.”

“As the custodians of one of Australia’s most successful social enterprise movements, we are pleased to celebrate the amazing outcomes achieved in the last 25 years and look forward to working together to evolve and adapt this unique model for the next generation.”

“| especially want to thank our Community Bank directors, many of whom volunteer their time, for their hard work. The success of our Community Bank companies is a testament to their passion and commitment to the success of their local communities.”

Bendigo Bank and its community partners will mark the anniversary with celebrations at Community Banks around Australia.

TEELA Reid

Picture: Gary Sissons

Awards for three peninsula properties

HOUSES at Mount Martha, Somers and Merricks are among projects recognised in the 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards.

A new farmhouse at Merricks by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins was described in the awards as “an exemplary interrogation of the Australian farmhouse vernacular as a place of refuge, shelter and comfort of home”.

The citation attributable to the new houses architectural jury said the house overlooked vineyards and the coast but its courtyard plan protected it from the elements and “spills out” from beneath a gabled roof with “spatial volumes are shaped with the rise and fall of the natural ground floor plane to achieve distinction between private and public zones”.

The courtyard “contains a lush, landscaped garden that breathes light, air and connection into the internal spaces, and provides refuge from the often-harsh coastal environment”.

The house at Somers by Kennedy Nolan was commended by the interior architecture jury for embracing “ideas of ageing in place and universal accessibility”.

“To do so requires design rigour, the architects clear in their exploration of spatial zoning and flexibility while creating a colourful and textural home for an evolving family.

“The house feels like a warm embrace as you enter through a central bridge, with the interiors complementing the rich tonal landscape beyond. Finishes are intended to age and wear as the family itself grows, ages and evolves.”

At Mount Martha, the commendation for the Mori house said it “adeptly reinterprets the beach shack paradigm through a cross-cultural lens”.

“A singular crucifix gesture divides the corner site into four distinct landscapes varied in function and privacy, with an added pair of satellite bungalows accommodating fluctuations of guests.”

The commendation by the jury for new houses said, “fundamental passive principles” had been used to maximise daylight, crossflow breezes, and “self-harvesting resources from a roof-terrace to view ocean and sky”.

“Robust in its tectonic exactitude and material restraint, the muted concrete carapace serves as backdrop to the rich looseness in beachside occupation and multi-generational living.”

Winners of the 16 named awards, 23 architecture awards and 25 commendations were announced at a ceremony hosted by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects on Friday 16 June. Projects that received an architecture award or a named award will be entered in the National Architecture Awards program, announced in November.

Keith Platt

Architectural recognition: Mornington Peninsula houses featured in this year’s Victorian Architectural Awards are, clockwise from above, the Mori house, Mount Martha (Derek Swalwell) and houses at Merricks (Tom Ross) and Somers (Derek Swalwell).

Colourful farewell for ‘heirloom’

OBITUARY

Kim Save, 20/1/1953-15/6/2023

Shopkeeper

By Liz Bell

ROSEBUD identity Kim Save was remembered on Sunday 25 June in a colourful send off at Rosebud Funeral Services and later at the Peninsula Beer Garden that celebrated her zest for life.

Mourners were asked to dress in colour, in a fitting celebration of a colourful life.

Kim Save was known for her unique sparkle, loud voice, and infectious spirit.

She was wife to Bill, loving mother to Kate, Jane, and Billy, and devoted grandmother to Chloe and Mia.

Her daughter Kate said Kim lived a vibrant and joyful life.

Many will know Save from her pre-loved clothing store Silver Heirlooms in Rosebud, while others will remember the joy and spirit of fun she brought to Fashions on the Field at the Mornington races, which she won once and was a finalist in many times over 20 years.

Her winning outfit was displayed in Silver Heirlooms’ front window with her award, and the story hit the local news when it was stolen soon after.

“Her memory will forever be cherished as she dances and enjoys champagne in heaven,” Kate said. “To all her loyal customers over the last 35 years, our family is very thankful for all of the support to keep this ‘heirloom’ in Rosebud open for so many years. Kim and Silver Heirlooms will be missed by everyone in the community.”

Kate said the family would be forever grateful to the passerby who doubled back after walking past Kim’s store at 5.30pm on Thursday 15 June and noticed something “odd” from the corner of her eye.

She went back to find Kim Save lying on the

Simon Crean’s death a loss to lobbying group

A STRONG voice in lobbying efforts to get government backing for major projects on the Mornington Peninsula and in Melbourne’s south east has been lost with the death on Sunday in Germany of former Labor leader and ACTU president, Simon Crean.

Crean, 74, was one of three directors of Greater South East Melbourne (GSEM), a lobbying group that represents the peninsula and the municipalities of Frankston, Casey, Kingston, Greater Dandenong, Knox and Monash. The third director is former Liberal Upper House MP Margaret Fitzherbert.

Headed by Simon McKeon, the chair of Monash University, GSEM says it advocates on behalf of its member councils for “jobs, infrastructure, investment, liveability, sustainability and wellbeing for the southeast and everyone who works and lives in the region”.

McKeon issued a statement on Monday saying that Crean (also a deputy chancellor at Monash) had been “admired by so many, and especially on all sides of politics, there was hardly a door that couldn’t be opened by Simon”.

“He was genuinely respectful of others, was passionate about skills and had clear guiding principles – about workplace issues, respect and how to treat others – that he developed as a very young person. We now know that these principles guided him throughout his life,” McKeon said.

ground unconscious at the door of her shop and used the Good Samaritan app to raise the alarm. An off-duty fireman helped with CPR until the paramedics arrived, but Kim could not be revived.

Kate said the family was grateful for the support and love shown by the community.

“His work at GSEM continued his life-long commitment to ensuring people had access to skills so they could enjoy well-paid and secure jobs.

“He was a fierce advocate for structural reform, always pushing to improve the governance and mechanisms that under-pin state and federal government jobs and skills policy.

“No matter the task, when help was needed, Simon was always the first to do what he could to assist.”

McKeon said Crean would be “sorely missed by the Greater South East Melbourne community” where he served across many roles since his election as MP for Hotham in 1990. Keith Platt

Land ‘cleared’ to speed planning process

ANYONE who believes vegetation has been illegally removed is being urged to make a report to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. There have been complaints to council that developers are removing vegetation before submitting planning applications in order to speed up the process, and pressuring arborists to write reports that favour developers.

The shire’s community safety, health and compliance manager Dale Gilliatte said Illegal vegetation removal was enforced through the provisions of the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

“The council has enforcement powers under the Planning and Environment Act to obtain orders from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which secure the replanting and maintenance of illegally removed vegetation,” he said.

Gilliatte said the alleged breach of a planning permit and illegal removal of vegetation on a

residential property under construction in Mount Martha was recently investigated by the planning compliance team.

The investigation had revealed that minor vegetation removal had occurred, leading to minor action.

“It was also noted that there are significant issues with the administration of the planning permit and consistency of plans which are currently being dealt with by VCAT,” Gilliatte said.

While there was an independent arbitrator dealing with illegal vegetation removal, Gilliatte said that if neighbours had a dispute about vegetation or its removal, they could seek help from the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria.

He said the maximum penalty for an offence was 1200 penalty units, which equated to a maximum fine of around $230,772 per offence.

Gilliatte said deterrence could also be in the form of the remediation of illegally cleared land.

Picture: Yanni

Probus: staying active and making friends

MEMBERS of the Rye Probus Club say they have many reasons to be enjoying their post-work lives, not the least being the opportunity to develop new social connections.

Probus club members meet and make new friends and have the opportunity to stay active, both physically and mentally.

Club president Howard Dare said the organisation was all about enhancing members’ retirement experience by offering the chance to spend time with other retirees in the community and enjoying the fellowship that Probus had to offer.

“When I retired in international business I moved to the peninsula and the club’s attraction to me was the intellectual and cultural stimulation it offered but, above all, the friendship,” he said.

“There are regular outings and social activities, along with caravan trips, weekly games of golf, theatre outings and more, and activities are all member-driven, it’s whatever members want to do,” he said.

Committee member Phil Webb said Probus was basically a follow on from Rotary, but for the retired.

While not a service club, there were many ways Probus assists the community, he said, mostly by providing camaraderie and mental stimulation for active retired and semi-retired members.

Its aim was purely social with no commitment to raising money for the community, and to support older community members who wanted to keep mentally active and enjoy social connection.

Rye Beach Probus Club is set to

Looking after community

celebrate its 40th anniversary in November is the oldest club on the peninsula, having formed in 1983. Members meet monthly to listen to guest speakers and to hear about the activities of special interest groups. Members are also encouraged to organise special interests/outings.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council mayor Cr Steve Holland will be guest speaker at the club's September meeting, and previous speakers have included former Supreme Court judge Murray Kellam OA, and now member and peninsula resident, who has held a range of judicial and legal training roles in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

To join or inquire about Rye Probus call president Howard Dare on 0417 141 187.

Liz Bell

ON Thursday 22 June Senior Sergeant Dean Delle-Vergini and Leading Senior Constable Greg Krause, pictured with former long-time Mornington Police Senior Community Register volunteer Bob Lighton and coordinator Yvonne Morrison, attended a MPSCR function to chat with members who support local senior citizens.

Details: 5970 4983.

Policing forum

THE Mornington Peninsula has been selected to host a CommSafe Forum on 6 December.

CommSafe provides police with the opportunity to invite stakeholders to discuss local and state-wide community issues and established or emerging initiatives.

Inspector Terry Rowlands said themes would include crime, family violence, youth offending, road policing, drugs, emergency management and community engagement.

Sponsored by Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent, the forums are conducted from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Plate thefts

CAR owners are being advised to use anti-theft screws to secure their licence plates or keep their vehicle garaged if possible after reports of licence plate thefts from the Frances Drive and Acacia Street, Mount Martha area on 25 June.

Holiday advice

MORNINGTON Peninsula police are reminding householders to keep their properties safe if they are going away for the holidays. Their advice to householders before heading off is to lock all windows and doors; ask friends, family or neighbours to keep an eye on the property and collect any mail and parcels, make the property look like someone is home by using timed smart lights; and consider installing CCTV cameras or an alarm system. Those who are going away can register the absence with police at bit. ly/3Pt3KdX

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RYE Probus Club members Robin Matthews, Howard Dare (president) and Phil Webb. Picture: Yanni

CAROLYN NICHOLSON is one of more than 100 people who have participated in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s artist in residence program, staying in a cottage in the Police Point Shire Park, Portsea.

I WAS recently awarded a three-week artist residency and was gifted both space - a cottage by the sea at Portsea, thank you very much – and time away from my paid gig and my family.

When the email arrived, I was giddy with excitement and started dreaming of all of the ways I would spend my time: reading; sleeping in; reading; long walks on the beach; reading; dining out; reading; long hot showers; and a page or two of writing.

My residency didn’t work out quite the way I envisaged but it has had a transformative effect on me. I learned a lot about myself, my writing, and most importantly who I am when I’m not a mum, employee, community volunteer, wife, daughter, friend, dog owner.

Mother’s guilt is all in my head I barely slept leading up to my departure. My days were a frantic haze of cooking meals, for me and my family – even though my beloved does most of the cooking; washing every scrap of dirty clothing in the house - including under my teen’s bed (rubber gloves, a face mask and tongs were required for this daring feat); changing bed linen – and praying they do the same before I get home. Everyone knows sheets get changed weekly, don’t they?; taking our dog for long walks - his feet wouldn’t be touching pavement for three weeks; applying fertiliser and wetting agents to my vegie garden – I wasn’t confident my family knew we have one; and, getting on top of all my work

Novel beginning at the point of creativity

projects – because I’m indispensable, right?

No one asked me to do this.

No one expected me to do this.

Mother’s guilt wouldn’t allow me not to.

I was so exhausted when departure day arrived, it was lucky I remembered to pack undies and my laptop. Imposter syndrome stops me from chasing joy

For days my internal sound system played my greatest hits, on repeat, with the volume turned up to eleven: I’m not good enough; I’m not a writer; I don’t deserve this; who do I think I am?; what will people think?; what if I get writer’s block?; what if my writing’s shit?

I knew, if I listened to the soundtrack, if I allowed it to dictate the value I placed on myself and my writing, I would never achieve my goal to become a published author. It took every ounce of my resilience to ignore the messages, to embrace the opportunity offered me and to walk out of my house with my head held high – and a bottle or two of rose for the days the doubts come creeping back in.

Muses are real.

A few years ago, I listened to author Steven Pressfield speak to Oprah on her SuperSoul Sunday podcast about resistance and our need to make space for our muse (I think he referred to it as our soul) to speak to us – about whatever it is we want to achieve. The discussion was a bit woo woo for me and I hadn’t given it any more thought.

Because, what working mother has time to sit quietly and give space for their muse to speak to them? Not me. But when I did make space, my creative spirit came alive. Ideas flowed freely. Scenes wrote themselves.

An idea for my next novel came to me, fully formed. I was quiet. I was open. My muse answered the call.

There is a tiny troll in all of us. I am in no way a fashionista, or someone obsessed with their hair and makeup. But I do like to present a certain version of myself to the world and only ever slob-out in the privacy of my own home.

In the first week I showered every day, but my hair was untouched by

shampoo. The only makeup I used was sunscreen.

The second week I showered every other day, scraped the same tracksuit off the floor daily and forgot to brush my teeth more than once.

By the last week, I kept my hair hidden under a beanie and there was a funky smell in my bedroom.

It was gross. It was liberating. It gave me more time to write.

I made appointments with my hairdresser and beautician for my first week home.

There is no place like home.

The first week away was bliss.

The second week I stayed glued to my laptop. I was focused.

The third week I rang my family every day. They surprised me one night and turned up with dinner and our dog. I was so excited I nearly cried. When they left, I was so sad, I did cry.

There were a few days I wanted to go home.

I’m proud of myself for staying strong.

I finished editing my novel – my cottage by the sea has never seen happy dancing like it.

I finished a short story and submitted it for a competition – the prize includes a two-week residency. I don’t dare tell my family I’ve entered. I used my muse’s gift and started developing my next novel.

But the first night back in my own bed, with my beloved beside me, heavy snoring included, filled me with joy.

Yes, there are mountains of washing to be done, a dog to be walked, meals to be cooked, school lunches to plan. And that’s okay, because my cup is full and my muse will be on my shoulder, whispering new scenes in my ear as I do all of it.

Would I take a three-week time out again?

Hell, yes. And I would probably ask if I can pay to stay another week. But please don’t tell my family. Chase your joy. You deserve it.

The Guide

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

FRIDAY THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM

ABC TV, 9.55pm

This stirring documentary is an incisive look at former Sydney Swans player and 2014 Australian of the Year Adam Goodes’ (left) life, which leads into an exploration of racism in Australia. Using archival footage and illuminating and generous interviews from people such as Olympian Nova Peris, Goodes’ wife Natalie Croker and former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, it explores an element of Australian culture that many would like to brush under the rug.

SUNDAY THE MESSENGER

ABC TV, 9.20pm

This sublimely offbeat drama, based on Markus Zusak’s intriguing novel, wraps up tonight. Soulful newcomer William McKenna (right) stars as Ed, an inhabitant of a realistic yet strangely old-fashioned world, who has scrambled to become a hero of sorts, guided by mysterious playing cards that direct him to his next mission. The final episode opens with Ed and his friends’ lives all over the place, but there’s some felicitous and enlightening reveals in store.

STOREWIDE WINTER SALE!!

Thursday, June 29

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 A Life In Ten Pictures: Carrie Fisher. (Return, PGln) A look at Carrie Fisher’s life in 10 pictures.

8.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) Hosted by Chris Moller.

9.40 One Plus One: The Elders. Dan Bourchier chats with MiriamRose Ungunmerr Baumann.

10.10 Art Works. (PG, R)

10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business.

(R) 11.10 The Black Hand. (MA15+v, R) 12.10

Beyond The Towers. (Mav, R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

FRIDAY LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION AUSTRALIA

TEN, 7.30pm

MONDAY BACK ROADS

ABC TV, 8pm

Presenter Heather Ewart has possibly seen more of Australia and its myriad tiny towns than anyone. She’s back for season nine of this warm and fuzzy series that celebrates the people living in rural Australia and the beating heart of their tightknit communities. Ewart kicks off her adventures on the dusty and long Strzelecki Track, which is now in the process of being sealed. At Lyndhurst Station she meets Adam and Kate Litchfield and their two children.

The Aussie spin-off of this long-running franchise was last seen almost a decade ago, receives a vibrant makeover for its new home on Network 10. In this highly anticipated return, The Block’s Mitch Edwards (below left) and Mark McKie (below right) have taken over the presenting duties; their bubbly banter infuses the house-hunting with welcome wit. This fresh batch of episodes sticks

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Inside Sydney Airport: VIPs. (M)

8.30 Devil’s Confession: Lost Eichmann Tapes: Smokescreen. Part 2 of 3.

9.30 Normal People. (MA15+) Marianne and Connell come to a realisation.

11.20 SBS World News Late.

11.50 MOVIE: La Belle Époque. (2019, MA15+ans, R, France) Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier. 1.50 Miniseries: Too Close. (Madls, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 16. Brisbane Lions v Richmond.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Fantasy Island. (PGls, R) Javier and Roarke talk about their relationship.

12.30 The Goldbergs. (PGl, R) Adam faces a difficult decision.

1.30 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (MA15+a, R) A look at Turkey’s Comfort Zone clinic.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Morning session. From Lord’s, London, England.

10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Afternoon session. From Lord’s, London, England.

3.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures: Cairns To Cape Pt

1. (PG, R) The boys head to Cape York.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGa) Amateur cooks take to the kitchen.

8.40 The First Inventors: A Connected Continent. Part 3 of 4. Takes a look at how First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society.

9.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

10.40 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener.

8.30 Utopia. (PG, R) Jim heightens security while trying to sway the outcome of tenders for an international partnership.

9.00 Smother. (Final, Malv) The courts and the Gardai question whether they have accused the right person of Paul’s murder.

9.55 MOVIE: The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) Explores the life of Adam Goodes. Adam Goodes.

10.55 ABC Late News.

11.10 The Split. (Ml, R)

12.10 Harrow. (Mav, R)

1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 World’s Most Scenic River

Journeys: River Bure (Norfolk)

(R) Narrated by Bill Nighy.

8.30 Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2.

9.25 Legends Of The Pharaohs: Downfall Of A Dynasty. (PGasv, R) Explores the end of the age of pyramids.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 MOVIE: The Final Quarter. (2019, PGa, R, Australia)

12.15 Miniseries: True Colours. (Mlv, R) 4.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs and Pete Colquhoun visit Sydney’s Middle Harbour House.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 16. Sydney v Geelong. From the SCG.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews.

11.00 Armchair Experts. (M) A panel discusses all things AFL.

12.00 MOVIE: Happiest Season. (2020, Ml) A woman spends Christmas with her girlfriend’s family. Kristen Stewart.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers.

9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Melbourne Storm versus Penrith Panthers match, with news and analysis.

10.40 MOVIE: Assault On Precinct 13. (2005, MA15+lv, R)

A cop battles rogue colleagues. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne.

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 Location, Location, Location Australia. (Premiere) Property experts search for homes.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists include Kitty Flanagan, Ray O’Leary and Bron Lewis.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by celebrity guests including Dame Helen Mirren and Pedro Pascal. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

6.30 The ABC Of... (Final, PGl, R)

Hosted by David Wenham.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 NAIDOC Awards. Mark Coles Smith and Casey Donovan host the National NAIDOC Awards.

9.00 Vera. (Mav, R) After her former colleague and his daughter are badly burnt by an arson attack on their home, DCI Vera Stanhope is determined to track down the assailant and discover why someone would try to kill them.

10.35 The Messenger. (Malv, R) Ed puts his best mates on the ace of hearts.

11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Paul Newman: Always On The Move. Takes a look at Paul Newman, a perpetually dissatisfied man who lived his life free from Hollywood’s shackles.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 1. Bilbao to Bilbao. 182km hilly stage. From Spain. Commentary from Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans.

2.00 Witch Hunt. (Mals, R)

3.45 Food Safari Water. (PG, R)

4.45 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 16. Essendon v Port Adelaide.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 The Great Diamond Heist. (PGa, R) A look at the Millennium Dome heist.

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about pet care.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Get Arty. (R) A showcase of art projects.

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Morning session. From Lord’s, London, England. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage).

10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Afternoon session. From Lord’s, London, England.

3.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) Xavier rescues a native wild animal.

4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R) A celebration of people and organisations.

6.00 To Be Advised.

7.00 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.

8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv) Sam’s friend Tom Olsen finds himself being hunted down by enemies from his past.

9.00 Blue Bloods. (Ma) Baez and her daughter are targeted by a perp she once put away.

10.00 CSI: Vegas. (Mav) An investigative reporter is found dead.

11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

Landline. 1.30

Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 London Zoo: An

Extraordinary Year. (R) 3.15 A Life In Ten Pictures. (PGln, R) 4.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.00 Art Works. 5.30 Fake

Or Fortune?

6.30 Compass: Changing Tides.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Grand Designs

Revisited. Part 3 of 4.

8.20 Silent Witness. (Final, Malv)

Nikki realises that getting to the truth will put the Lyell team, and everything they love, in danger.

9.20 The Messenger. (Final, Mal) Ed is failing the most important card but comes to see the real message has been for him.

10.20 In Limbo. (Final, Mal, R) Charlie uncovers the mystery of the missing money.

10.50 Miniseries: Small Axe. (Madl, R)

12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Barkley Manor. (R) 11.00 Cycling.

Tour de France. Stage 1. Highlights. 12.00

WorldWatch. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing.

Australian Superbike Championship. Round 4.

3.00 French Castles: Defying The Nazis. (PGav, R) 4.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 4.30 Tour

De France: Bonjour Le Tour. (Premiere) 5.30

Hitler-Stalin: A Secret Relationship. (av)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Mystery Of The Ark Of Covenant. Takes a look at one of the holiest relics from the Bible that has been missing for more than 2000 years.

8.20 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 2. Vitoria-Gasteiz to Saint-Sébastien. 209km hilly stage. From Spain. Commentary from Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans.

1.45 Exit. (MA15+ads, R) Hermine plots her revenge.

4.30 Food Safari Water. (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

Frankston Blues festival concert

a community benefit event Featuring Melbourne's finest blues musicians

Monday, July 3

ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Strzelecki Track, SA Pt 1. (Return, PG)

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle: On The Run. (Mad, R) Part 2 of 4.

10.15 China Tonight. (R)

10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business.

(R) 11.20 The Split. (Ml, R) 12.20 Tick F***ing

Tock. (Malns, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 4.30 The Drum.

(R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes. (Premiere) Presented by Robson Green.

8.30 The Great House Revival: Stradbally, Co Laois. Architect Hugh Wallace meets TikTok star Maryrose Simpson, whose nana left her a three-bedroom corner house.

9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 3.

2.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 3.55 Food Safari Water. (PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 11.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

12.00 Football. VFL. Round 15. Frankston v Collingwood.

2.40 AFL Pre-Game

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PG) Celebrities show off their dance skills.

8.40 7NEWS Spotlight.

An exclusive, special investigation.

9.40 The Latest: Seven News.

10.10 Born To Kill? Timothy Spencer. (MA15+av) Takes a look at Timothy Spencer.

11.10 Autopsy USA: Howard Hughes. (Mad)

12.10 All Together Now

– The 100. (PG, R)

1.25 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Rush. (Premiere, PGl)

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.10 Australian Crime Stories: Murphy’s Law. (MA15+lv, R) A look at Brian “The Skull” Murphy.

11.05 The First 48: Lost Boys. (Mal)

11.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Mv, R)

12.40 Family Law. (Ma, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Kirsten Tibballs sets a sweet-themed elimination challenge across two rounds for the contestants.

9.00 FBI. (Masv) The FBI team investigates a series of assaults on women, while Omar Adom “OA” Zidan withholds information about his own attack and mugging from earlier that morning.

10.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) Jane is questioned following Maggie Shaw’s arrest.

11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

a one time musical event in the style of the eric clapton crossroads concert series. come and support this important community fundraising event. tickets: www.artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Million Dollar Island. (PGl) Hosted by Ant Middleton.

9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Ma) Tommy faces off against her former employer, Paragon Medics, as they deal with emergencies.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 The Blacklist. (Madv)

12.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rush. (PGl) The adventure of a lifetime continues as three teams of everyday Aussies, who begin each challenge deprived of sight and sound, are dropped at their next location, Turkey. Hosted by David Genat.

8.55 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 1. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal)

The top five cooks compete.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists include Urzila Carlson, Aaron Chen and Celia Pacquola.

9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mls) Hosted by Nath Valvo.

10.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (Final, Mv)

The fugitive task force helps Remy.

12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

of 3.

9.30 Wash My Soul In The River’s Flow. (PG) A look at the Kura Tungar-SongsfromtheRiver concert.

11.00 ABC Late News.

11.15 The Business. (R)

11.30 Four Corners. (R) 12.15 Media Watch.

(PG, R) 12.35 Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle. (Mad, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R)

5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(PG, R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Morecambe To Grange-OverSands. Hosted by Michael Portillo.

8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi takes a look at whether employers should have a say in their employees love-lives.

9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 4. Dax to Nogaro. 182km flat stage. From France.

1.50 No Man’s Land. (MA15+sv, R)

3.30 Food Safari Water. (PG, R)

4.30 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Million Dollar Island. (PGl) Hosted by Ant Middleton.

9.00 The Rookie. (Mv) Officers John Nolan and Celina Juarez are in a race against time to stop the source of an explosive rampage.

10.00 The Rookie: Feds. (Mv) A father and daughter are kidnapped on Thanksgiving.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 The Blacklist. (Mav)

12.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav, R)

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rush. The adventure of a lifetime continues as three teams of everyday Aussies, who begin each challenge deprived of sight and sound, are dropped at their next location, Jordan. Hosted by David Genat.

8.55 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 2. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

Wednesday, July 5

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Utopia. (PG) Tony is frozen out by the minister.

8.30 Gruen. Presented by Wil Anderson.

9.10 Gold Diggers. (Premiere, Mls)

Two sisters search for rich husbands.

9.35 Queen Of Oz. (Mals) Georgie’s brother Freddie arrives from London.

10.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)

10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Business. (R) 11.20 The School

That Tried To End Racism. (PG, R) 12.20

Miniseries: Small Axe. (Madl, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 History Of The Sitcom: Escaping Reality. (Malvw) Explores sitcoms as comedy comfort food.

8.25 Rainbow Warrior: Murder In The Pacific. Part 1 of 3. Takes a look the bombing of Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985.

9.20 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 5. Pau to Laruns. 163km mountain stage. From France.

2.05 Cheyenne & Lola. (Mlsv, R)

4.20 Food Safari Water. (PGa, R) 4.50

Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00

NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am WorldWatch. 10.00 It’s Suppertime! 11.00 Nuts And Bolts.

Earthworks. 12.50 Cook Up Bitesize. 1.00

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Animals Aboard With Dr Harry. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Dr Harry Cooper.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Accused. (MA15+a, R) An ageing rock star attempts to cement his musical legacy.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Mystery Of The Homestead Murders. (MA15+av, R)

12.15 The Goldbergs. (PGl, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) Ordinary Australians become travel critics, experiencing a week-long resort holiday with a cultural twist in the tropical island paradise of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa.

8.30 Footy Classified. (M) A team of footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues and controversies. Hosted by Eddie McGuire, Matthew Lloyd, Jimmy Bartel and Damian Barrett.

9.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 3. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) The contestants take a road trip.

8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

9.40 NCIS. (Mav, R) Jimmy and Kasie are exposed to a deadly biotoxin while investigating the death of an intruder at Quantico.

10.30 Miniseries: Riptide. (Mdlv, R) Part 1 of 4.

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGa) The cooks tackle alfresco cooking.

8.40 Miniseries: Riptide. (Mlv)

Part 2 of 4. Alison’s suspicions grow after learning that Sean argued on the beach with his son Ethan.

9.40 So Help Me Todd. (PGd) Margaret joins an elite philanthropy club.

10.30 FBI. (Masv, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

Volunteer deer hunters ‘professional operaters’

The opening line of your article “Non-professional deer hunters have been recruited by Parks Victoria to shoot deer at Devilbend Natural Features Reserve, near Moorooduc” is, in our view, leading, alarmist and not a true reflection of the level of training, expertise and oversight applied to SSAA Victoria’s Conservation and Pest Management (CPM) volunteers on these programs (“Hunters recruited for Devilbend cull” The News 20/6/23).

While our CPM volunteers are not “professional”, paid, we are concerned that using the term “non-professional” will likely lead readers to conclude that CPM volunteers are unprofessional. Accepting that it is not what was written, SSAA Victoria rejects the implication. Our CPM volunteers operate at a professional standard. They just don’t get paid.

SSAA Victoria runs an accreditation course for members selected to participate in the Conservation and Pest Management Program. The CPM program operates under a memorandum [of] understanding with Parks Victoria to assist with managing pest and problem animals on Crown land.

The course lasts one full day (eight hours) with theoretical and practical components. Throughout the day each candidate will be assessed and based on meeting key competencies, they will be accredited as a CPM volunteer. Volunteers must undergo re-accreditation every three years.

Each accredited CPM volunteer receives a procedure manual and accreditation card after completing the course as proof of their accreditation. The manual outlines the expectations of volunteers while engaged in a Parks Victoriaapproved program. This accreditation card is carried when volunteering as a CPM operator on any SSAA Victoria/Parks Victoria-approved pest control program.

A dedicated CPM coordinator in the state office oversees all CPM operations.

Barry Howlett, communications manager Sporting Shooters Association Australia (Victoria)

Years of dysfunction

I read with interest that the Mornington Peninsula Shire once again returned an extremely disappointing score in the Local Government Community Satisfaction Survey (“Shire misses satisfaction survey” The News 20/6/23).

It is pleasing to see that the community is beginning to make known their views on its observation of the shire’s performance.

The current predicament that the shire finds itself in is the result of years of dysfunction and the loss of focus on the core business of which municipalities are responsible for, the old fashioned three Rs. The responsibilities for local government authorities have advanced significantly over recent decades, undoubtedly placing pressure on the way in which services are delivered, however the basic requirements play a major part of service delivery.

Councillors for many years focused on undermining executive and staff members, along with each other, often blurring the role of council and those responsible for the administration of the organisation. Such behaviour has resulted in the loss of many highly skilled and passionate team members.

It appears that championing causes that often fall outside the responsibility of local government, while not understanding what the community requires/demands have finally exposed the wrong in such follies .

I defy any current councillor/executive team member to, without using the standard excuses, to defend the current presentation of the municipality, a failing road network, poorly presented public open space, neglected commercial precincts (dead trees littering Sorrento).

If the shire wishes to advance its standing in the community, I suggest it returns back to basic principles and move away from focusing on global issues and personal agendas and opening its eyes to how the peninsula is presented.

As a wise old man once told me, if it looks bad it is bad. Hopefully, it can only get better.

Greg Powell, Rye

Beach raking necessary

Photos taken in a small area near Rosebud pier show plastic bottles, dog poo, dead animals, string and plastic.

This will be washed back into the bay at high tide as the beach has not been cleaned.

I picked up a syringe last week and another McCrae resident also picked up a syringe on the beach last week.

If the beach is not raked, the shallow water where children play will be dirty with the seaweed and debris and the risk of injuries will increase, due to an inability to see what’s in the water, such as stingrays (“Mechanical beach raking ‘must end’” The News 13/6/23).

Mechanical beach raking has significant benefits to both the bay ecosystem and the human population that enjoys this beach.

Mechanical beach raking must not end. It will be a disaster when a child contacts hep C or aids from a syringe. The string, bottles and rubbish end up washed back into the bay.

The beach will be an unpleasant dirty mess.

on a dramatic change to the Constitution without detail? Examples given.

How much will this cost the nation? in addition to the billions already invested each year to assist a small group of Aboriginal descendants?

What additional bureaucracy will be required to support this new branch of government? How will transparency and integrity be maintained?

Will existing Aboriginal organisations such as the NIAA, which presently advises government, be dissolved?

The qualifications of those chosen for the Voice, rather than elected by the Australian people, considering the numerous tenuous and contested claims of Aboriginality?

What will be an individual’s length of service on the Voice? Will positions be voluntary?

It will also be challenging for Australians to see preferential access to and influence over the Australian government by a small group based on their racial profile. How will this be managed?

What will happen if Labor’s Aboriginal Voice does not agree with proposed legislation that may not be in their interests but in the national interest? Will our government be shamed into compliance or a well-worn path to the High Court be established, delaying and impeding an already slow and adversarial process and increasing the cost to Australian taxpayers.

Nothing to lose

It is a disgrace that the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has become politicised when it is an issue that should unite all Australians.

Australia is the only first world nation with a colonial history that doesn’t recognise its first people in its constitution.

The forthcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is our nation’s opportunity to rectify this.

I encourage all of us on the Mornington Peninsula to accept the generous invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

As Kerry O’Brien said at the recent Sorrento Writers’ Festival: “Our country has everything to gain by voting Yes in the referendum and nothing to lose.” Sarah Russell, Mount Martha

Refugees inspire

Congratulations must go to the inclusion team at Mornington Peninsula Shire for its excellent event to celebrate Refugee Week (“The refugee experience” The News 13/6/23).

Two young Hazara men spoke of their childhood in Afghanistan and their journey to Australia.

Legal advice needed

, Rosebud

Local residents are strongly opposed to ending the beach cleaning. Susan Grimshaw

It appears the mechanical beach raking machine [used under contract by Mornington Peninsula Shire] cannot be mentioned on “operational grounds”, as defined by CEO John Baker (“Mechanical beach raking ‘must end’” The News 13/6/23).

Why do councillors continue to put up with this? Basically, they get all their legal instructions from the CEO and his minions. Executive advisor to and corporate counsel, Amanda Sapolu, is appointed by the CEO.

Councillors just stare in fright like kangaroos in the headlights of a cement truck at midnight on a moonless Halloween when they fear being in violation of the Local Government Act. They have no independent legal support giving them frank and fearless advice.

The councillors should pass a resolution that they receive legal advice of their choosing from someone reporting to them.

Why, one might ask, do the councillors continue to renew the contract of the CEO?

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Coastal challenge

Local memories are always interesting (“Tides of time” Letters 20/6/23). Some argue that because tides have been higher, climate change is nothing to worry about and sea levels are not rising. Some use the deepening of the channel through the [Port Phillip] Heads and beach engineering as the sole reasons for coastal erosion. “The sand has always moved” is a common comment.

However, coastal engineers have a rule of thumb, that for every 10mm of sea level rise, we may see flat sandy beaches retreat by up to one metre. By 2030, at current rates, sea levels will have risen another 20-25mm inundating another two to three metres of flat beach. High tides and storm surges amplify the inundation.

The extent of the projected coastal inundation within the Borough of Queenscliff as shown in its 2021 coastal marine management plan is most revealing.

The Port Phillip Bay Coastal Hazard Assessment to be released this month will rightly inform local government strategies around the bay. With 192km of coastline, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has quite a challenge.

Ray Peck, Hawthorn

Oustanding questions

Thank you [Flinders MP] Zoe McKenzie for providing an educated explanation of the implications of Labor’s Aboriginal Voice, beyond one liners and naive altruistic statements which some rest their argument for a major change to Australia’s founding document, the Australian Constitution (“A risk to executive government” The News 30/5/23).

The referendum requires Australians to vote

The present government seems determined to railroad an undefined, uncosted and racially prejudicial change to the Australian Constitution. It is being presented as an altruistic cause and cure all, which is extremely questionable, considering that basic questions cannot and will not be answered by the government and proponents.

Michelle Smith, Rosebud

Voice exists already

I have travelled extensively in the outback and been to places such as Weipa, Gove and Port Headland among others, where there are many Aboriginal people gainfully employed in responsible jobs and live in the community without any need for extra support from Centrelink. They already have a voice via the National Indigenous Australian Agency (NIAA) which states as its purpose “… to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a say in thew decisions that affect them … to provide advice to the prime minister and the Minister for Indigenous Australians …”.

I have also travelled the Canning Stock-route in Western Australia twice and been to Halls Creek where one sees the other end of the Aboriginal spectrum at its very worst. There is no chardonnay in these places.

You see Aboriginal people living in nice houses provided by the government with the occupants living in squalor.

What I would like to hear from these learned Yes advocates is how The Voice is going to do something for these people which is not already available from NIAA and the plethora of other similar organisations.

There are already 11 Indigenous members of federal parliament and 47 in state and territory parliaments. How much more Voice does Albanese want ?

Barry Rumpf, McCrae

More than recognition

Teenager to mum: “Can we drop in to Officeworks? I need a four in one pen to do my homework.” Then, on arrival: “I need your credit card as I need some other stuff as well.” How many of you would just hand over the card without asking “what other stuff? But that’s exactly what the Yes proponents are asking us to do.

You would be hard pressed to find a single Australian who doesn’t support recognition in the Constitution, but that’s not all that’s being proposed.

What I want to hear is how this body will differ from the 11 politicians, different Aboriginal bodies and corporations, a separate Aboriginal affairs minister and various other bodies?

It’s not the left wing do-gooders I want to hear from, but the likes of Dr Sarah Russell and others that, like I have, have seen first-hand the damage caused by alcohol abuse in remote communities.

Think on this. For the first time, in the 2004/05 financial year, the average age of a girl first reporting with a sexually transmitted disease in the Broome hospital remote community program area dropped below 10. That’s not the youngest. That’s the average. That’s what we have to fix, not Australia Day.

Michael G Free, Mount Martha

Both arrived here with no English. They now have a magnificent command of the English language and have completed university degrees while working two jobs to help support their families.

Their journey and resilience was an inspiration to all who had the privilege to hear them speak.

Marilyn Hoban, Mornington

Shire congratulated

I was so impressed by two excellent speakers from the Centre for Multicultural Youth. Shadab Safa and Sina Zahedi fled Afghanistan because of religious persecution, and both came to Australia as children with their families seeking safety and a secure life (“The refugee experience” The News 13/6/23).

At the event at Mornington Library, they shared their experiences as refugees and how they continue to support their families and are contributing members of their community, pursuing further education and work opportunities to achieve their hopes and dreams.

The life of a refugee escaping from a war torn country and coming here via a dangerous route into a strange country has so many challenges. These men talked of these difficulties for themselves and their families. Despite the many challenges and setbacks, they were so positive and grateful to have become Australians and to have learnt from their experiences. We are lucky to have them and their families here.

I would like to congratulate Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for hosting this event to recognise Refugee Week (19-23 June) celebrating the theme of “finding freedom”.

Ann Renkin, Shoreham

Charity in the mail

I am deeply concerned about the horrific amount of charity mail choking millions of our letterboxes every day.

The huge monetary cost, amount of human time and photography, printing and distribution, of countless heart-rending case studies of desperate people, animals and the environment would be quite unbelievable.

A group of good, honest citizens, with nonvested interest in their vision of a better and happier world for all (if such rare jewels are still to be found in our increasingly self-interested and corrupt society) could examine the merits and needs of the various charities, with our citizens contributing according to their income and assets.

Charity would not then be regarded as this present piecemeal, polluting and precious money wasting approach, or opportunity for the “wealthy unemployed” to stage glittering affairs for their own enhancement, while benevolent philanthropy could still be welcomed and acknowledged where appropriate.

Helping in this new way to rectify so many sadly appalling needs and steadily improve the care of humanity, animals and the environment, heralded by the Australian community, could be the catalyst for worldwide positive direction and of paramount importance towards the best future of our Earth as a whole.

Meredith Neumann, Frankston

Invalid survived 26 years with a broken neck

IN the year 1897, whilst driving to his home at Boneo on the southern part of the Mornington Peninsula, a man of 55 years met with an accident that caused him to be an invalid for 26 long years.

With him were two mates. One of these was intoxicated, and he pushed the man of 55 years off the wagon seat, over the iron guard. He fell heavily.

Upon being medically examined, it was found that he had broken his neck! It was then said that he could only live a few hours, or days at the most.

Instead, he lived 26 years and thereby baffled medical science! The man was the late David Cairns, who died at Flinders on June 11th last. ***

THE Alfred Hospital Auxiliary’s annual ball takes place in the Palais de Danse on Friday night.

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IN another paper published to-day it is stated that the Shire president, (Cr. W. Armstrong, JP.), proposes seeking reelection as Shire President for another twelve months.

Cr. Armstrong does not propose doing anything of the sort.

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MR. Jack Shaw, the well-known Somerville butcher, who met with an accident at Frankston a couple of weeks ago, has now recovered and able to attend to his business duties again. ***

MRS. Thomas McComb, of Kars street, Frankston, took seriously ill on Sunday last and had to receive the attention of Dr. Maxwell.

Mrs McComb, who is advanced in years, is now doing fairly well.

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MR. Claude Morphett, of Hastings, broke a finger last week. It was set by Dr. Bickart, of Somerville.

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LIEUT.-Commander Moyes, of the Flinders Naval Depot, who has been far from well lately, was out on Saturday last, but was not well enough to attend the football match at Frankston, which was a keen disappointment to him.

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WE regret the accident which befell Mrs. D. Mentiplay, senr., of Hastings, recently. The old lady had been shopping and was returning home, and whilst crossing the street by Keast’s store, stepped through a hole in the culvert.

Her leg was badly bruised, and blood poisoning set in, which caused her removal to Dr. Maxwell’s hospital at Frankston.

We are pleased to say she is doing well under his care, and hope for her speedy recovery.

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A MONTH ago the daily newspapers reported that a most valuable pearl had been secured at the pearl fishing grounds off the Western Australian coast.

The jewel was estimated to be worth £1500 to £1700.

It was not known who was the discoverer, but it has since been ascertained that it was secured by Mr. Jack Morgan, a brother to Mr. Robt. Morgan, of the De Luxe Tea Rooms, Frankston.

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WE regret to report that Capt. Sherlock, J.P., of Frankston, has received

a cable from Samoa announcing the death of the little daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Albert Sherlock, who are resident in the South Seas. Mrs. Sherlock is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber, of Somerville.

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Letter to the Editor

“A Disgraceful Scramble” - PICTURE NIGHT BUNGLE.

Sir, As a regular patron of the Frankston pictures, I would be pleased if you would permit me to protest against the shockingly bad arrangements that existed on Saturday night at the pictures.

Anticipating that there would be a large attendance, I, with my family, went along early and were kept waiting in the cold for three quarters-of-anhour before we could receive a ticket, which were not on sale until 7.45.

The scramble for tickets was disgraceful, and, I feel sure, that had it not been for the presence of the police some of the women and children must have been seriously injured.

Inside the confusion was as bad, and sailors were falling asleep on their neighbors, and people were unable to secure seats of any description without a struggle.

It was one of the worst entertainments, as far as management, ever experienced here, and I trust it will not be repeated.

Yours, etc., “INDIGNANT PICTUREGOER.”

In reply to the above letter, we would like to point out very clearly the Frankston Pictures Co. Pty. Ltd. are not to blame in any way for the mismanagement referred to.

The company disposed of their entire

rights for the evening’s entertainment to the Naval Base Football Club, who were to pay for the rent of the hall, the cost of the films, the operating fees, and supply their own window and door attendants and ushers.

The usual usher and door attendants employed by the Picture Co. were informed that their services would not be required that night.

We understand that, noticing the bungle that occurred, the company’s usual usher volunteered his assistance, and in due course succeeded in restoring order and secured a seat for everybody after some effort.

Mr. Mouritz, the secretary of the Naval Base Football Club, did not receive the assistance he had arranged for and was, therefore, as much inconvenienced as the general public.

Mr. Mouritz keenly regrets the inconvenience that was caused to the public.

As regards the sailors in the building, some of these were certainly asleep, but the company’s usher watched carefully that there was nothing unseemly done, and noticed nothing that exception could be taken to.

The Editor – “Standard” ***

Frankston Police Court. Monday, 25th June.

How many flies could pass through a hole in a wire door, the said hole being about two inches square? This was a problem arising out of the case in which Mr. P. M. Herbert, baker, of Frankston, was charged by an inspector under the Health Commission with failing to keep flies out of his shop and bakehouse.

The defendant, who was represented by Mr. Hudson, said the wire door

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on the shops fitted with four springs and was always closed, except when people were passing in and out.

A small hole about 2 inches square had been accidentally torn in the door about a week prior to the inspector’s visit, but was now repaired.

The door of the bakehouse was always kept closed.

Defendant said he had 20 years experience and had a reputation for cleanliness. It was impossible to keep flies down altogether, but he had a spraying machine which he used regularly for the purpose.

Michael Arthur Kelly, baker, in the employ of defendant, said defendant’s bakery was one of the cleanest he had ever worked in, and he had been baking for 20 years.

The place was not swarming with flies, as alleged and the allegation as to weevil, was incorrect. Defendant regularly whitewashed the premises and sprayed the bakehouse thoroughly every week.

The magistrate said the health regulations were made to be obeyed, and the recent prosecutions in this court showed the necessity of everyone strictly observing the law. He did not know if a swarm of flies could pass through a hole in the wire door as described, but the fact remained that the hole was there and should have been repaired.

A fine of 20/- was imposed. ***

From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 27 & 29 Jun 1923

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That winning feeling: The team at The Peel Thing found winning the award was confirmation that they were headed in the right direction.

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Dane Swan delights in Pines debut, Tigers win again

MPNFL

By Brodie Cowburn

DIVISION ONE

A HUGE crowd turned out to watch Brownlow medalist Dane Swan debut for Pines on Saturday.

Swan, a premiership player with Collingwood at AFL level, signed for Pines during the week. He had previously been playing for St Kilda City in the Southern Football League.

It was a big celebration for Pines, who hosted Frankston Bombers on Saturday. The Pythons went ahead by four goals in the opening term, and never looked back.

Three final-quarter goals from Swan was the cherry on top of an excellent afternoon for the Pythons. Pines defeated the Bombers 14.15 (99) to 5.5 (35).

Beau Hendry also booted three goals for Pines. Shane Savage kicked two.

Sorrento hosted Frankston YCW on Saturday in a battle of the traditional MPFNL powerhouses.

The two dominant sides of the 2010s traded blows in a tense first half. Sorrento went into the half-time break ahead by a point.

The Stonecats took back the lead in the third term, but only by a narrow three point margin.

Frankston YCW stormed home in the final quarter to wrap up the win. They scored five goals to one to finish the job.

The Stonecats defeated Sorrento 8.7 (55) to 13.9 (87). Brenton Credlin, Luca Goonan, and Blake Mullane were named in the best for YCW.

Ladder leaders Dromana had a good day at home last weekend. They defeated Bonbeach by 71 to stretch their undefeated streak for the season to 11 games.

Mt Eliza were narrow 14 point winners over Langwarrin on Saturday. Red Hill also scored a close win - the Hillmen beat Rosebud by 10 points.

DIVISION TWO

MORNINGTON survived a late scare to defeat Devon Meadows last Saturday.

The Bulldogs raced out of the blocks in front of their home crowd. They went into the quarter-time break ahead by 28 points.

Mornington led throughout the day. At the final break of play the Bulldogs were in front by 22 points.

Devon Meadows scored four goals

in the final term to get within six points of the Bulldogs. Although they got close, they didn’t quite do enough to get over the line.

Mornington triumphed over Devon Meadows 14.10 (94) to 13.10 (88).

Jackson Calder scored three goals for Mornington. He now has 19 goals in his last four matches.

Karingal remain undefeated for the 2023 season after a hard-fought win over Chelsea. The Bulls beat the Sea-

NEXT WEEK’S GAMES

Division One

Bonbeach v Langwarrin, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Bonbeach Reserve

Dromana v Rosebud, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul,Dromana Recreation Reserve

Frankston Bombers v Frankston

YCW, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Baxter Park

Mt. Eliza v Red Hill, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Emil Madsen Reserve

Pines v Sorrento, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Eric Bell Reserve

Division Two

Pearcedale v Chelsea, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Pearcedale Recreation Reserve

gulls away from home 8.10 (58) to 12.18 (90).

Edithvale-Aspendale kept touch with the top five by beating Seaford. They bested the Tigers by 29 points 12.11 (83) to 7.12 (54).

Fellow finals contenders Hastings picked up a handy nine-point win over Tyabb on Saturday. Somerville beat Pearcedale by two goals, and Crib Point handily beat Rye to close out the round.

Crib Point v Hastings, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Crib Point Recreation Reserve

Devon Meadows v Somerville, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Glover Reserve

Karingal v Edithvale-Aspendale, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Karingal Football Club

Tyabb v Mornington, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, Bunguyan Reserve

Seaford v Rye, 2PM, Sat, 01 Jul, RF Miles Recreation Reserve

Pulling on the boots for Langy: Ex Magpie and Adelaide Crows player Ben Crocker pictured with Langwarrin Senior Coaches Josh Beard, Blake McCormack and Langwarrin’s Future Legends, before playing for Langwarrin in Saturday’s Round 10 match against Mt Eliza. Picture: Paul Churcher

Holding back the tide: Despite a final quarter comeback, Mornington held off Devon Meadows for a six point win.

Picture: Alan Dillon

‘Stirts’ at the double for Seagulls

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

A DAVID Stirton brace and a Rhys Craigie strike kept Mornington’s State 1 promotion push on track last weekend.

Adam Jamieson’s men came away from Victory Park with a 3-0 win over hosts Bentleigh United Cobras to sit second on the table a point behind leader Melbourne City.

Stirton’s goals gave the Seagulls a handy half-time lead.

His first was in the 33rd minute when his cross from the left sailed over the head of Bentleigh keeper Rahul Ramkumar.

Just before the break Satoshi Kurakawa’s cutback was miscued by Adam Hester into Stirton’s path and he sent Ramkumar the wrong way.

The final say in this clash fell to Craigie right on full time finishing off Kane Bentley’s square ball from the left with a low shot.

The Seagulls’ top scorer Rory Currie missed the match as he recovers from a calf injury that looks likely to sideline him for another week or two.

Mornington head coach Adam Jamieson was pleased with the performance while recognising that there’s a way to go yet if the club’s NPL aim can be realised.

“We played some really good football but we’ve still got eight games to go so we need to make sure that when we get down to the last three or four games we’re still up there,” he said.

“We’re pushing as hard as we can.

“I’m really pleased that we picked up Luke Burgess (from Casey Comets) and we’re speaking to a couple of others.”

That includes a number two keeper as Fraser Maclaren has returned to former club Beaumaris.

The main focus of attention last weekend was on the promotion race in State 4 with Somerville in second spot going into its clash with Noble Park while Baxter was fourth and squaring up to league leader White Star Dandenong.

Somerville’s 2-1 win kept it in second but Baxter slipped further behind the pacesetter losing 1-0 to White Star.

Somerville dominated Saturday’s clash and missed multiple opportunities in both halves.

The visitors went 1-0 up in the 12th minute when Conor Mcfall’s free-kick was headed home by Xavier Apela.

In the 41st minute Apela struck again when he evaded the offside trap and rounded Noble Park keeper Bobby Pejkovic before stroking the ball into the empty net.

Despite the home side capitalising on a quick counter-attack in the 65th minute it couldn’t make any more headway while Somerville should have put the contest to bed but couldn’t convert.

Baxter lost its second game in a row to a top four side and is now 10 points behind White Star.

It was a gripping contest at Baxter Park where the home side’s custodian Jarrod Nardino was outstanding making a series of one-on-one saves and unlucky with the only goal that split these sides.

Liam Baxter should have put the home side ahead early in the second half but his penalty attempt was saved by White Star keeper Andrea Stoilovic.

The decisive moment came in the 79th minute.

Nardino did well to parry an initial shot but the ball fell to Said Uygur who took a touch before slamming it past Nardino from close range.

Despite defeat Baxter finally “unleashed the beast” in midfielder Brody Taylor who has been quietly building his match fitness in the reserves with little fanfare.

Taylor, 27, may have the most impressive CV in State 4.

He was just 19 when he joined Melbourne Knights from northern NSW side Edgeworth Eagles in December 2017.

He joined Bentleigh Greens midway

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through the 2018 season and featured in their 2-0 Dockerty Cup win over Green Gully.

Taylor returned to Edgeworth in 2019 before returning to Victoria for a stint with Port Melbourne that same year.

Described by Baxter boss Stephen Fisher as “a ball-winning beast” he’ll be right in his element in the cauldronlike atmosphere of this weekend’s derby showdown with Somerville.

In NPL2 news Langwarrin recorded back-to-back wins after Saturday’s 3-1 success over bottom side Pascoe Vale at Lawton Park.

Four minutes in and a cracking strike from Tom Youngs into the top far corner made it 1-0.

Jeremy Min Fa’s persistence made it 2-0 in the 59th minute after he pressured his opponents to win possession and although Pascoe Vale keeper Alex Pavlidis got a hand to Min Fa’s shot he couldn’t take enough pace off the ball which rolled into the open goal.

Langy was cruising in the 85th minute after a sweeping interpassing move down the right ending with a Luke Goulding cutback and a clinical James Kelly sidefoot finish.

Aydin Mustedanagic’s cultured left foot curled the ball over Langy keeper James Burgess two minutes later but by then it was game over.

In State 2 news all three local sides lost last weekend.

Peninsula Strikers went down 3-0

away to league leader Mazenod, Skye United lost 2-1 at home to Brandon Park while Pines went down 2-1 at home to Hampton East Brighton.

Skye and Pines are now immersed in a relegation dogfight while Strikers’ slim hopes of promotion may have ended.

At Skye Recreation Reserve a Masee Namdar brace in the second half put the visitors in control before Delfin Mosibe Esara made a fine run in behind the Brandon Park defence and finished well.

Skye gaffer Phil McGuinness acknowledged the battle his side now faces.

“For the second week running we just couldn’t capitalise on a strong finish to a game,” McGuinness said.

“We find ourselves in a big hole now and it’s going to take a massive effort to get us out of it.”

In State 5 Seaford United beat Mentone 1-0 while other local sides lost.

The pivotal moment in Seaford’s win came in the 46th minute.

A lovely chipped ball by Michael Nobbs put Josh Vega in only to be fouled by Mentone keeper Quinn Carter.

Cory Osorio made no mistake from the penalty spot.

Pakenham United dented Aspendale’s promotion hopes with a 3-2 home win on Friday night.

Aspendale’s coaching staff was not impressed with the officiating in this

clash.

Pal Calvino and Taylan Yildirim scored for Aspendale.

Rosebud went down 2-0 away to Casey Panthers with new signing Barney Johnson from Mornington making his debut for the Buds.

Bunyip District won 3-1 at home against Mount Eliza with Michael Clark scoring for the visitors.

NEXT WEEK’S GAMES

Friday 30 June, 8.30pm: Preston Lions v Langwarrin, BT Connor Reserve

Saturday 1 July, 3pm: Mornington v Old Scotch, Dallas Brooks Park

Peninsula Strikers v Frankston Pines, Centenary Park

Hampton East Brighton v Skye Utd, Dendy Park

Somerville Eagles v Baxter, Tyabb Central Reserve

Sandown Lions v Chelsea, Frederick Wachter Reserve

Mentone v Aspendale, Mentone Grammar

Mount Martha v Barton Utd, Civic Reserve

Hampton Park Utd v Rosebud, KM Reedy Reserve

Seaford Utd v Casey Panthers, North Seaford Reserve Mount Eliza BYE

Mixed fortunes: David Stirton (left) scored twice for Mornington last weekend while Brody Taylor made his senior debut for Baxter. Pictures: Gemma Sliz and Darryl Kennedy

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